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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
MARCH / APRIL 2015
2 ½ HOURS
KABONDO DIVISION JOINT EVALUATION TEST
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
INTRODUCTION TO CANDIDATES
i)
Write your name and index no in the spaces provided
ii)
Answer all the questions
iii)
Write your answers in English
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all
pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
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SECTION 25 MARKS
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIOIN IN THIS SECTION
1. State two forms of oral traditions as a source of information for history and
Government
(2mks)
2. Name two sub –species of Homo-Sapiens
(2mks)
3. State one theory that explain the origin of Agriculture
(1mk)
4. Give two advantages of the enclosure system during the agrarian revolution in
Britain
(2mks)
5. State one method of trade
(1mk)
6. Give two disadvantages of railway transport
(2mks)
7. Name the person who invented the first telephone in 1875
(1mk
8. Identify two factors that facilitated the spread of iron working in Africa (2mks)
9. What was the main reason for the de cline of Kilwa as an urban centre(1mk)
10. State two duties of the Lukiiko in Buganda Kingdom
(2mks)
11. Identify two strategic reasons for scramble and partition of Africa (2mks)
12. Give two disadvantages of the Samori Toure’s second empire at Dabakala (2mks)
13. What was the main reason that made French to adopt the policy of assimilation in
Senegal
(1mk)
14. Name one political party that led South Africa into independence in 1994(1mk)
15. State one factor that brought word II to an end
(1mk)
16. Name one Africa country that is a member of the common wealth which is not a
former British colony
(1mk)
17. What was the main cause of personality difference between president Nyerere and
the Idi Amin of Uganda in East African Community
(1mk)
SECTION B 45 MARKS
18. A. Identify three characteristics of farming in Britain before Agranian revolution
in Britain
(3mks)
b. Explain six effects of Agrarian Revolution inU.S.A
(12mks)
19. A. State five limitations of television as a means of communication
(5mks)
B. Explain five factors that hinders industrial revolution in Brazil
(10mks)
20. A Explain five causes of Chimurenga war of 1896-1897
(5mks)
b. Explain five results of collaboration between Lewanika of Lozi and the British
in the 19th Centuary
(10mks)
21. A. Outline five factors that led to the rise of Buganda kingdom in Pre-colonial
era
(5mks)
B. Describe Buganda ‘s political organization in the pre colonial era(5mks)
SECTION C 30 MARKS
22. State five problems faced the nationalist of Mozambique under portugues
colonial
(5mks)
b. Explain five factors for the growth of nationalism in Mozambique (10mks)
23. A. Identify five causes of World war II
(5mks)
b. Explain five results of the Versaillers peace settlement
(10mks)
24. State five objectives of the Economic community of West Africa States
(ECOWAS)
(5mks)
b. Explain five achievements of ECOWAS has made since its formation(10mks)
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